The officer has been cleared of charges. Now a witness who tried saving Anthony Bruno's life is speaking out about what she saw.

Ashley Janzen and a friend were headed home from a downtown bar December 1, 2013 when they saw Bruno and Officer Don Hubbard struggling on the sidewalk.

Janzen says that's when her friend took out a cell phone and started recording. Watching the video, Janzen didn't know moments later many lives would change, and one would be lost.

It all started minutes earlier outside the downtown Marriott, where Bruno and his new bride got into an argument with a cab driver. Reports say Bruno got violent and ran when off-duty Kansas City Officer Don Hubbard, arrived.

"At the beginning of the situation, we were thinking, cop just calm down, this doesn't need to be getting out of hand," said Janzen.

The video shows Hubbard struggling to arrest Bruno. According to a newly released statement, Hubbard says at one point Bruno told him, "You shouldn't have hit me."

"The tables kind of turned when he started to fight back and you just can't do that," said Janzen.